Part of the reason is they don't reach the goal is for one thing the tags are lottery except in the no quota zones.and in those areas are not known for having large pop. of bears.And in your first post you said havung spring hunts,then you said having a spring hunt for one year.What are you saying?Every year or evey other year?But you know what would be intresting? one yr have a spring hunt then the next yr. have a fall hunt.What do you think?